A Plea For Eros - Softcover

Hustvedt, Siri

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340839791 ISBN 13: 9780340839799

Publisher: Sceptre, 2006

Synopsis

A stunning collection of essays by the author of WHAT I LOVED, in which she addresses many of the themes explored in her novels - identity, sexual attraction, relationships, family, mental illness, the power of the imagination, a sense of belonging and mortality. In three cases, she focuses on the novels of other writers - Dickens, James and Fitzgerald. She also refers to her own novels, affording an unusual insight into their creation. Whatever her topic, her approach is unaffected, intimate and conversational, inviting us both to share her thoughts and reflect on our own views and ideas.

About this title

Product Description:

Sceptre Publishing Edition.

Review:

A love story with the grip and suspense of a thriller. It makes you ponder human existence with a peculiar mixture of stoicism and wonder (The Times Literary Supplement on WHAT I LOV)

A big, wide, sensuous novel - clever, sinister, yet attractively real (Julie Myerson, Guardian on WHAT I LOVED)

A writer of high intelligence, profound sensuality and a less easily definable capacity for which the only word I can find is wisdom. (Salman Rushdie on WHAT I LOVED)

A startlingly good novel, tautly written and very sexy (Marie Claire on THE ENCHANTMENT OF LILY DAH)

She writes like a dream (GQ on THE ENCHANTMENT OF LILY DAHL)

Gripping . . . A complex exploration of the nature of the self, executed in polished and immediate prose (The Times on THE BLINDFOLD)

Brilliant . . . a dark, mesmerising debut (Independent on Sunday on THE BLINDFOLD)

About this edition

• Publisher: Sceptre
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0340839791
• ISBN 13: 9780340839799
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240